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The following table describes the standard SANtricity software features that are available with every EF-Series system.

Feature

Function

Customer Benefit

SANtricity Storage Manager

Storage administration

Manage the SANtricity OS and E-Series SAN storage systems and EF-Series flash arrays.

Intuitive GUI and task wizards automate functionality, making it easy to set up and operate the E-Series and EF-Series systems. It also provides access to the detailed configuration for experts wishing to optimise manually.

Enterprise Management Window

See a combined overview of all E-Series and EF-Series systems, with consolidated host-level administration and alerts, plus access to individual storage system management.

Configure individual volume group attributes, define hosts and access rights, monitor system health and performance, and view event and performance logs. The Array Management window makes it quick and easy to deliver storage value to your enterprise SAN environment.

Online Management

Manage all operations online.

You can manage your E-Series and EF-Series systems as 'no scheduled downtime’ systems. Save yourself the headaches of co-ordinating service windows while continuing to deliver storage business value.

SANtricity Operating System

High Availability

I/O Path Protection

Sustain availability and load balancing in the event of path failures.

Gain access resiliency, increase data availability, and load balance for performance by working around path HBA and connectivity faults.

Replication and mirroring

Get synchronous and asynchronous volume mirroring.

Protect against site failures through remote mirroring of critical data. For RPO of zero, synchronous mirroring is available for short distances, while asynchronous replication is available for longer distances without slowing local processing speeds.

Data Protection

RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10

Multiple RAID levels offer the flexibility to optimise for your workloads – and they can be changed on the fly.

Optimise for your workload performance. You can even change the RAID group or strip size while a volume stays online.

Proactive Drive Health Monitoring examines drive health and notifies administrators much earlier that a drive is having issues – allowing time for replacement before the drive affects the system.

Snapshot and Views

Create a point-in-time image of data or a set of related data volumes.

Snapshot technology and Views provide a look into the data at a specific time, forming the basis for RPO, test and development, and other modifiable datasets.

Volume Copy

Create a complete physical copy (clone) of a volume in a storage system.

The clone volume is a unique entity that can be assigned to any host and used by applications that require a full point-in-time copy of production data (such as backup, application testing or development, information analysis or data mining) without affecting the performance of the production volume.

Diagnostic

Recovery Guru

It provides troubleshooting assistance and procedure guidance.

Recover your system faster in the unlikely event of an issue.

Optional Software
Affordable, easy-to-buy add-on software is available to enhance base system functionality.